Those born on this date include:

- Spanish poet/novelist Miguel de Cervantes in 1547
- Italian artist Caravaggio in 1571
- author Elizabeth Gaskell in 1810
- pioneer nuclear physicist Enrico Fermi in 1901
- actor Greer Garson in 1904
- singing movie cowboy Gene Autry in 1907
- film director Michelangelo Antonioni in 1912
- British writer Colin Dexter in 1930
- actor Anita Ekberg in 1931
- rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis in 1935
- former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in 1936
- actor Madeline Kahn in 1942
- actor Ian McShane in 1942 (age 81)
- astronaut/ex-Sen./NASA Administrator Bill Nelson in 1942 (age 81)
- Polish leader/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa in 1943 (age 80)
- composer Mike Post in 1944 (age 79)
- TV personality Bryant Gumbel in 1948 (age 75)
- rock guitarist Mark Farner in 1948 (age 75)
- Olympic gold medal-winning runner Sebastian Coe in 1956 (age 67)
- comedian Andrew Dice Clay in 1957 (age 66)
- actor Chrissy Metz in 1980 (age 43)
- actor Zachary Levi in 1980 (age 43)
- musician Dallas Green in 1980 (age 43)
- actor Kelly McCreary in 1981 (age 42)
- NBA star Kevin Durant in 1988 (age 35)
- singer Halsey, born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, in 1994 (age 29).

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